Veteran politician Mukul Roy, who recently rejoined the Trinamool Congress after winning the Assembly polls from Krishnanagar North on a BJP ticket, was made the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman on the last day of the Budget Session...
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5th Aug 2021 | Updated at 06:16am 5th Aug 2021
Jakhar questions Sidhu's appointment as Punjab Cong chief
Chandigarh: All is not well within Punjab Congress as former state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar has expressed his grievance openly, saying the party has forgotten him, indirectly pointing to the incapability of the newly appointed state party...
Mamata meets Sonia to forge united front
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her residence last week, for the first time since the two parties fought as rivals in the assembly elections, as the Trinamool chief said there will be efforts...
New Karnataka CM to discuss cabinet expansion with BJP high command
Bengaluru: Newly sworn-in Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is in Delhi and is expected to meet the BJP high command to finalise the names of ministers to be inducted into the new Cabinet. He has also dropped hints that the new ministers...
Karnataka CM Yediyurappa submits resignation to governor
BENGALURU: Putting to rest speculation that lasted a fortnight, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa submitted his resignation to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot in Bengaluru, ending his fourth stint at the helm exactly two years after he...
Babul Supriyo quits politics, says his absence 'won't matter' in BJP
Kolkata: Former Union minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo, who has recently been dropped from the Union cabinet after his defeat in the West Bengal Assembly election, announced that he will be quitting politics as he needs some time. In a long...
Assam-Mizoram drop FIRs ahead of talks on Aug 5
Squabbling northeastern neighbours Assam and Mizoram made “goodwill gestures” towards each other on Monday, including dropping FIRs filed in connection with the border violence a week ago, as they prepared the ground for an August 5 meeting...
Vibrant Gujarat roadshow held in Mumbai
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held a roadshow in Mumbai on November 26, for the ninth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019
Manchester airport delivers major boost to north with new Mumbai connection
Jet Airways’ five-times-a-week service from Manchester to Mumbai took for the first time this morning, at a celebration attended by Aviation Minister, Baroness Liz Sugg and hundreds of guests from across the region.
Kolkata: Though Calcutta High Court judge Kausik Chanda recused himself from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s plea challenging the...
Rajpura (Punjab): A BJP spokesperson, Bhupesh Aggarwal, claimed that he, along with other party leaders and workers, was allegedly “chased, roughed up and held hostage” for over three hours after a meeting in Rajpura. The leaders reportedly...
In a display of human kindness for a cause of serious concern, £1.8 million was raised in Kerala through crowdfunding in seven days for an 18-month-old child suffering from a rare genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy. Mohammed, son...
Thiruvananthapuram: Rising Covid-19 cases in Kerala, coupled with the recent outbreak of the Zika virus, is causing concern to the health authorities as...
After holding the office of Health Minister and spearheading the health sector for more than two years, Dr Harsh Vardhan has tendered his resignation and...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week effected sweeping changes to his government, ushering in a new set of leaders in key roles with 36 fresh faces,...
Gujarat got its largest representation in the central government with Prime Minister Narendra Modi working out a fine math to induct new colleagues, while...
Environment is beset with different issues such as climate change, deforestation, and pollution. Environmentalists and earth warriors are fighting hard...
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh police claimed to have busted a module of Ansar Ghazwatul-Hind, said to be an auxiliary unit of al-Qaida,...
